Wagon end-gate.



- No, 859,754.. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 16. 1906.

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i WAGON END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed August 16,1906. Serial No. 330,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES 1V. EDELBLUTE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Croton, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon End- Gates;and l' do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in end gates for wagons and othervehicles, and it consists in the novel form of construction, combinationand arrangement of parts hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, durable, andcomparatively inexpensive means for removably securing the end gate in awagon, and at the same time strengthening the body of the latter.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of myinvention is better understood, are accomplished by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the wagon body, showing its end gatesecured therein in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top planview of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Figs. 4 and 5 areperspective views of the two reinforcing guide plates; and Fig. 6 is adetail section, taken on the plane indicated by the line 66 in Fig. 3.

The numeral 1 denotes the bottom of the body of a wagon or othervehicle, and the numerals 2, 3, denote the lower and upper sections ofthe sides of the same. The lower side sections 2 have secured upon theirrear ends combined guide and re-inforcing plates 4, and thecorresponding portions of the upper side sections 3 carry similar plates5. I

Each of the plates 4 is of substantially rectangular form and is adaptedto be secured upon one of the side sections 2, by screws or bolts 6,which enter threaded apertures 7 in said plate. At the bottom of therear or outer edge of the plate 4 is formed aright-angularlyprojectingflange 8, which is countersunk in the rear end of the section 2, andserves to protect the same, and depending from the bottom of the plate 4is an integral screw-threaded stud 9, which passes through an opening inthe bottom 1 and receives a clamping nut 10, as seen in Fig. 1. At theinner end of the top of the plate 4 is an angular clip 11, which fitsover the upper edge of the side section 2 and has a portion 12 engagedwith the outer face of said section. This portion or plate 12 is formedwith an integral lug or projection 13 and with an aperture 14. Upon theouter face of the plate 4 are formed vertically-extending ribs 15, whichprovide a guide adapted to receive one end of the end gate 16 of thewagon.

Each of the plates 5 is secured upon the inner face of one of the sidesections 3 by screws or bolts 17, which enter threaded openings 18 insaid plate. At the rear end of the top of each plate 5 is formed anangular clip 19, which is similar to the clip 11, and has a portion 20to engage the outer face of said section 3. Said portion 20, is formedwith a bolt-receiving aperture 21 and With an aperture 22, the purposeof which latter will presently appear. At the rear of the bottom edge ofthe plate 5 is formed a might-angular clip 23, adapted to fit over theclip 11 on the plate 4 and formed with an aperture 24 to receive thestud 13, as shown in Fig. 3. Upon the outer face of the plate 5 areformed parallel ribs or fianges 25, which aline with the flanges 15 onthe plate 4 and receive one end of the gate 16.

The end gate 16 is retained in guide grooves formed by the aliningflanges 15, 25, on said plates 4, 5, by lower and upper tie rods 26, 27,the former connecting the lower side sections 2 and the latter the upperside sections 3. Each of said tie rods has a loop or handle 28, at oneend, and a threaded portion 29 at its opposite end. The rod 26 is passedthrough the opening 14 in the plate 4 on one side and is engaged withthe screw threads in the corresponding opening of the plate upon theother sideof the wagon, alining openings being formed in the sides ofthe wagon and in the plates 4 to receive said rod, as will be readilyunderstood. The upper rod 27 is passed through the opening 22 in theplate 5 on one side of the wagon, and is engaged with the threads in thecorresponding opening in the plate 5 upon the other side, as will bereadily understood upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

While the upper rod 27 of the end gate and the clips 23 serve to holdthe removable upper side sections 3 in position, I also preferablyemploy for the purpose a clip 30, shown in Figs. 3 to 6 of the drawings.Said clip is formed by bending a strip of metal upon itself, so that oneof its ends engages the inner face of the sections 2', and its otherangularly-bent end engages the outer face of said sections, the doubledportion of the clip being riveted, bolted or otherwise secured to theadjacent section 3, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection With theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention, as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,-

1. The combination with the bottom and sides of a wagon, each of saidsides having a lower and an upper section, of vertically-alining platessecured upon the inner faces of the sections of said sides, clips uponthe plates on the lower side sections to fit over the tops of said sec--tions, projections upon said clips, clips upon the plates on said upperside sections to fit over the first-mentioned clips and apertured toreceive said projections, and tie rods connecting the plates and otherside sections.

2. The combination with the bottom and sides or a wagon, each of saidsides having a lower and an upper section, of vertically-alining platessecured upon the inner faces of the sections of said sides, clips uponthe plates on the lower side sections to fit over the tops of saidsections, projections upon said clips, clips upon the plates on saidupper side sections to fit over the first-mentioned clips and aperturedto receive said projections, clips upon the upper ends of the platesupon said upper sections, and screw rods passed through the clips at theupper ends of the plates on said upper and lower side sections,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. EDELBLUTE.

Witnesses:

M. E. SIEGFRIED, S. M. SIEGFRIED.

